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Smoke rises after a fire engulfed a shanty town in the financial district of Manila on July 11, 2013. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the blaze, which occurred mid-morning amid government plans to relocate thousands of families living in areas vulnerable to floods and typhoons. KARL MALAKUNAS/AFP/Getty Images ( 521275488 )

A resident destroys a wall of his house in an effort to salvage belongings as a fire engulfs a shanty town in the financial district of Manila on July 11, 2013, leaving more than 1,000 people homeless according to city officials. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the blaze, which occurred mid-morning amid government plans to relocate thousands of families living in areas vulnerable to floods and typhoons. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521274778 )

Residents react as fire engulfs a shanty town at the financial district of Manila on July 11, 2013, leaving more than 1,000 people homeless according to city officials. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the blaze, which occurred mid-morning amid government plans to relocate thousands of families living in areas vulnerable to floods and typhoons. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521275236 )

A resident tries to put out a fire after a blaze engulfed a shanty town at the financial district of Manila on July 11, 2013. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the blaze, which occurred mid-morning amid government plans to relocate thousands of families living in areas vulnerable to floods and typhoons. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521276020 )

A resident standing on the roof of his house looks at a fire engulfing a shanty town at the financial district of Manila on July 11, 2013, leaving more than 1,000 people homeless according to city officials. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the blaze, which occurred mid-morning amid government plans to relocate thousands of families living in areas vulnerable to floods and typhoons. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521275407 )

Volunteer firemen on top of a high-rise building spray water towards over a fire engulfing a shanty town in the financial district of Manila on July 11, 2013. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the blaze, which occurred mid-morning amid government plans to relocate thousands of families living in areas vulnerable to floods and typhoons. KARL MALAKUNAS/AFP/Getty Images ( 521275494 )

A village watchman signals to residents to stop going near their burning houses as fire engulfs a shanty town at the financial district of Manila on July 11, 2013, leaving more than 1,000 people homeless according to city officials. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the blaze, which occurred mid-morning amid government plans to relocate thousands of families living in areas vulnerable to floods and typhoons. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521275121 )

A boy carrying a religious statue runs from burning houses after a fire engulfed a shanty town at the financial district of Manila on July 11, 2013. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the blaze, which occurred mid-morning amid government plans to relocate thousands of families living in areas vulnerable to floods and typhoons. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521276025 )

Smoke rises after a fire engulfed a shanty town in the financial district of Manila on July 11, 2013. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the blaze, which occurred mid-morning amid government plans to relocate thousands of families living in areas vulnerable to floods and typhoons. KARL MALAKUNAS/AFP/Getty Images ( 521275483 )

A resident (C) carrying salvaged belongings escapes out of a window of his burning house as a fire engulfs a shanty town in the financial district of Manila on July 11, 2013, leaving more than 1,000 people homeless according to city officials. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the blaze, which occurred mid-morning amid government plans to relocate thousands of families living in areas vulnerable to floods and typhoons. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521274078 )

A pet pigeon stands on a window as a fire engulfs homes at a shanty town in the financial district of Manila on July 11, 2013, leaving more than 1,000 people homeless according to city officials. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the blaze, which occurred mid-morning amid government plans to relocate thousands of families living in areas vulnerable to floods and typhoons. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521276890 )

Firemen on top of corrugated rooves extinguish a fire that engulfed a shanty town in the financial district of Manila on July 11, 2013. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the blaze, which occurred mid-morning amid government plans to relocate thousands of families living in areas vulnerable to floods and typhoons. KARL MALAKUNAS/AFP/Getty Images ( 521275492 )

A Filipino fireman aims his hose at the still smoldering remains of a house at the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Thursday, July 11, 2013. Investigators are still checking the cause of the fire which gutted a slum colony and left hundreds homeless. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) ( Philippines Fire )

A Filipino fire volunteer climbs up a wall while assisting in controlling a fire that gutted a residential area at the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Thursday, July 11, 2013. Investigators are still checking the cause of the fire which gutted a slum colony and left hundreds homeless. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) ( Philippines Fire )

Smoke billows out from a slum colony at the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Thursday, July 11, 2013. Investigators are still checking the cause of the fire which gutted a slum colony and left hundreds homeless. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) ( Philippines Fire )

A fireman removes part of a roof as he to tries to extinguish burning houses as a fire engulfs a shanty town at the financial district of Manila on July 11, 2013, leaving more than 1,000 people homeless according to city officials. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the blaze, which occurred mid-morning amid government plans to relocate thousands of families living in areas vulnerable to floods and typhoons. TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 521275106 )